Acta Oeconomica Pragensia, 2008 (vol. 16), issue 5

Corporate Social Responsibility like one of the Features of Firms in New Economy

Petr Boukal, Hana Vávrová

Acta Oeconomica Pragensia 2008, 16(5):3-11 | DOI: 10.18267/j.aop.157  

The firms approach in the new economics to your activities comprehensively. The maximization of the firm's value and the continuous corporate social responsibility are the most important goals of the firms. The corporate social responsibility is the important characteristic of the new economy. It means the connection of the economic interests with the responsibility for the employees and for the environment. The firms connect actively their economic interests to the public convenience of their activity. The responsibility for the cooperation with the non government organisations (NGOs) has connection with the corporate social responsibility. The NGOs...

Influence of Temporary Help on Human Resource Management

Hana Lorencová

Acta Oeconomica Pragensia 2008, 16(5):12-21 | DOI: 10.18267/j.aop.158  

This article deals with selected activities of human resource management and connects them with a new trend - temporary work. Afterwards this article focus work satisfaction, motivation, work stimulation, role of manager etc.

Sociological and Social-psychological Research in the Organizations and Its Use

Alois Surynek

Acta Oeconomica Pragensia 2008, 16(5):22-31 | DOI: 10.18267/j.aop.159  

The papers present problems of using of sociological empirical researchs in organizations. There are questions of cognition of organizations especially questions of behavior of employees. Author focus on differences of theoretical, empirical and common cognition and show, that this differences create mistakes of an assignment concrete empirical survey. Author see the resolution in the exact definition of purpose of survey.

Verifying of Information Content of Economic Value Added EVA in the Food-processing Sector of the Czech Republic

Gabriela Chmelíková

Acta Oeconomica Pragensia 2008, 16(5):32-46 | DOI: 10.18267/j.aop.160  

This paper is devoted to today's very popular performance measure - Economic Value Added (EVA). The aim of this article is to investigate the relationship between Economic Value Added, traditional performance measures (ROA and ROE) and ability of creation of shareholder wealth for food-processing firms in the Czech Republic. The intent of this article is fulfilled by providing a simple regression tests of the hypothesis, that between EVA and traditional performance metrics there is not a tight linear dependency which would point out that EVA has the same information content as traditional performance measures and hypothesis, that the EVA measure is...

Determinants of Accounts Receivable Level: Portfolio Approach in Firm's Trade Credit Policy

Grzegorz Michalski

Acta Oeconomica Pragensia 2008, 16(5):47-56 | DOI: 10.18267/j.aop.161  

Trade credit management should contribute to realization of basic financial purpose of an enterprise which is the is maximization of its value. Many of the current asset management models that are found in financial management literature assume book profit maximization as the basic financial purpose. These book profit-based models could be lacking in what relates to maximization of enterprise value. The enterprise value maximization strategy is executed with a focus on risk and uncertainty. This article presents the consequences that can result from operating risk that is related to purchasers using payment postponement for goods and/or services. The...

Non-governmental Organizations at the Beginning of the 21st Century

Jiří Novotný

Acta Oeconomica Pragensia 2008, 16(5):57-65 | DOI: 10.18267/j.aop.162  

The paper familiarizes the reader with the sphere of the Non-governmental Organizations (NGO). It points out main differences between NGO's and traditional production companies, characterizes their role and describes possibilities of NGO financing. It briefly defines also two types of Non-governmental organizations - Mutual Benefit Organizations and Public Benefit Organizations.

A Response to Gradual Globalization: Regionalism

Irah Kučerová

Acta Oeconomica Pragensia 2008, 16(5):66-73 | DOI: 10.18267/j.aop.163  

The process of the economic globalization limiting the autonomy of national subjects completed the disintegration of the Westphalian system. The rebirth of regionalism, as another phase of the world economy regionalization, is a logical defensive reaction. However, apart from the regional labour division, a new regionalism emerges, interconnecting even distant subjects. Next to the usual economic reasons, the new regionalism is motivated also by the strengthening of regional resistance. It is the strategy that plays a major role in the development of regionalism.

The Impact of International Trade on Economic Growth: TANZANIA

Soňa Sýkorová

Acta Oeconomica Pragensia 2008, 16(5):74-83 | DOI: 10.18267/j.aop.164  

The article focuses on one of the least developed countries: Tanzania. It shortly describes the country, its political past and present. Further text is devoted to the economic development of this country at the beginning of the new millennium. Special attention is given to the international trade, its commodity and territorial structure, Tanzania's trade policy and implications for the economic growth and the position of the country in the world economy.

Bolivian Meat Market between 2000 and 2005

Shirley Consuelo Banús Vidal

Acta Oeconomica Pragensia 2008, 16(5):84-98 | DOI: 10.18267/j.aop.165  

Cattle-breeding is one of the most important economical sectors in Bolivia. Its total contribution to Bolivian GDP is 2%. In spite of that, so far, it has not been able to establish stable trade relations with foreign markets.The analysis of supply and demand of meat during the period 2000-2005 in the Bolivian market has shown that this sector has big perspectives of growth especially due to observance of the veterinary standards. Increase of exports of meat during the upcoming years might lead to a substantial increase of income to the Bolivian economy.Among the competitive advantages of the Bolivian cattle-breeding belong: lower production...

Economic Policy Imperial Germany during Great War 1914-1918

Petr Prokš

Acta Oeconomica Pragensia 2008, 16(5):99-108 | DOI: 10.18267/j.aop.166  

During First World War German government established 134 "war economic society" for assembling and distribution of food-stuff, consumer products, hard goods and raw materials. Germany so determined of war economy with state central bureaucratic methods. German government proclaimed nine "war money lent" for financing of army and war. At the same time the deficit of state budget was increased. In consequence of mobilization, heavy losses at war and conscription of emptiness of skilled workers was raised in war industry. The imperial parliament in Berlin legislated in December 1916 of civilian duty for all men from 17 to 60 years. That way was culminated...

A Productiv Typ of Wordcreation in a Contrastiv Way

Věra Höppnerová

Acta Oeconomica Pragensia 2008, 16(5):109-112 | DOI: 10.18267/j.aop.167  

The derivationssuffix -er is very productiv in German business language. It creats above all nouns for persons who create different economic, juridical, financial etc. relations in the area of economy or perform certain professions or okassional activities. In Czech language have their equivalents wide range of suffixes or are multiword expressions of different structures.